A ‘How to’ guide to our private and group lessons.
Let us help you make a solid decision on your best pathway for progression. In the following article we dive deep into our most common offerings and to provide you with best information for your decision making.
Elevate Your Mountain Biking Skills with Our Comprehensive Coaching Program
Welcome to our unique mountain biking coaching program, designed to transform your riding experience and elevate your skills. Our program is structured around four fundamental elements, each tailored to enhance your technique, understanding, and confidence on the trails.
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Our program begins with Active Movement, a critical component that focuses on teaching you the correct movement required for positions and skills essential for mountain biking. This element emphasizes the importance of engaging specific muscles to achieve the right posture, balance, and body movement. By understanding Active and Passive movements, you'll learn how to maneuver your bike with precision, broadening your range of movement and minimizing room for errors.
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Knowing when to execute a technique is as crucial as knowing how. Our Core Skills element expands your understanding of various scenarios you might encounter on the trail. Whether it's mastering a challenging jump or navigating a rough rock garden with speed and flow, we help you discover the strategic timing and execution of movements, laying a solid foundation for your riding skills.
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As you progress, our program focuses on ingraining accurate physical movements in core skills into your riding style. This gradual development helps you move away from inefficient and risky maneuvers, fostering a more proactive and safer riding approach. Our Muscle Memory training ensures that even in fatigue, your techniques remain sharp, reducing the risk of crashes and injuries.
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At the heart of our program is the development of Composure. We believe that true composure on the bike is a reflection of mental state. Our coaching goes beyond skill training; we aim to instill a sense of control and sustainable progress in your riding. With our guidance, you'll learn that confidence combined with skill leads to a composed and mindful approach to your riding so you have the right understanding of your ability and a sharper judgement to take on risks.
Our coaching is more than just a training course; it's a process towards becoming a more skilled, confident, and composed mountain biker.
Whether you're looking to improve your technique, understand the intricacies of mountain biking, or simply ride with more confidence - we learn from you as you learn from us, so we’ll work with you to reach your goals and find measurable progress as we navigate through your current riding styles and patterns.
Ready to find that extra traction? Contact us today and take the first step towards mastering the trail.
Treadmark News
Starting a Mountain Biking Business in Queenstown!
Mountain biking is becoming more and more popular in Queenstown, and QRC Graduate Piyush Chavan took his passion for the industry and started his own business! TreadmarkNZ was built with the goal to make mountain biking more accessible to everyone, the idea for TreadmarkNZ stemmed from an assignment Piyush completed during his QRC studies. Check out more about how Piyush brought his business to life!
LOCATIONS
Over the past few years of running the business we are stoked to say that we are now active around Central Otago.
Our goal has been to make mountain bike coaching accessible which has inspired us to expand our operation to these new and exciting locations.
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This was the first bike park in Queenstown, when efforts of creating a lasting trail network in the area were started by the club in 2003. Now almost 20 years later this area has been our first choice for introducing skills. With it’s relaxed atmosphere and lakeside location this place creates the perfect conduce environment for learning, or just simply experiencing the trails and cooling off in the lake after.
Perfect for:
Your first mountain biking experience.
Weekly progression lessons.
Kids after school and holiday programs.
Private and group lessons.
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Nestled in the Ben Lomond Reserve, Queenstown bike park has some of the best riding in the world. With over 30 trails lift accessed trails to ride and incredible connections to the upper mountain for loamy beech single tracks, this has been a popular choice for consistent progression.
This location works best for
Full day mountain bike private lesson.
Group private lessons
Kids after school and holiday programs.
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Built through the community efforts of the Queenstown mountain bike club, this park has options for beginners and advanced riders. With steady and consistent progression in mind the park is designed to intuitively help you progress to the next step. Want to make that progress smoother? Book into one of our lessons. Most of our coaches have a jumping background and we love imparting the best technique to our clients so their skills can help you ride jumps no matter where in the world you are.
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Alpine lift access and mountain bike shuttle/pedal access to the most scenic trails in the world? This location in the last two years has seen an incredible upgrade in the number of trails it has on. Steady efforts of the Queenstown mountain bike club have ensured the terrain is well used and popular to ride even for first time riders.
All the popular trails include Hot rod, Carry on, Zoot track, Skippers track, Rude rock and Coronet DH and XC.
Perfect for:
Private lessons for kids and adults to get the best out of your cornering.
Kids after school and holiday programs.
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Embark on a epic mountain biking experience at Cardrona Alpine Resort, New Zealand's highest bike park for an insightful mountain bike lesson that doesn't just elevate your abilities but leaves you with an insatiable desire to ride more, learn more, and conquer your challenges.
Perfect for:Full day private lessons
Full day group lessons
Guided trips
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OUR TEAM
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I’m Piyush Chavan and I run Treadmark. Having raced internationally whilst representing my country - I’ve found my purpose in service of a community, helping clients reach their goals and more importantly providing correct insight into their riding ability as a tool to use for sustained progress over time.
My love for articulating my experience and mountain bike techniques has driven me to start Treadmark - A platform for like minded individuals like me to succeed.
My favourite trail in Queenstown has to be Blugazi and my favourite program to coach is all of them!
I'm also a PMBIA tech certified instructor and hold a 40hr Pre hospital emergency care certificate.
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Originally from Australia, Jake was inspired by the mountain lifestyle when he first visited New Zealand 10 years ago. This and the many riding trips to follow motivated him to pursue a career as a professional mountain bike instructor and guide.
After a 5 year stint living and working in Canada, Jake has had to opportunity to train with some of the world's leading MTB coaches and he is now excited to be back in Queenstown riding some of his favorite trails in the world.
Jake enjoys personal exploration through mountain biking, and has developed a keen interest in learning strategies for the mental side of riding. After working with many coaches of his own he now shares these skills with others.
When he isn't riding his bike, you'll find him playing the drums, hiking, climbing, or chilling by the lake. A perfect ride for Jake includes a healthy mix of tech and flow, winding down to a local brewery.
